Top 100 Operas
Chosen by Chris Gill, Artistic Director of Heritage Opera, with recommended CDs and DVDs from amazon.co.uk.
Beethoven
Fidelio
Bartok
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Berg
Wozzeck
Bellini
Norma
Berlioz
The Trojans
Bernstein
Candide
Bernstein
Trouble in Tahiti
Bizet
Carmen
Bizet
The Pearl Fishers
Borodin
Prince Igor
Britten
Albert Herring
Britten
Billy Budd
Britten
Death in Venice
Britten
Gloriana
Britten
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Britten
Peter Grimes
Britten
The Turn of the Screw
Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur
Donizetti
The Daughter of the Regiment
Donizetti
Don Pasquale
Donizetti
The Elixir of Love
Donizetti
La Favorite
Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
Dvorak
Rusalka
Gay
The Beggar's Opera
Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
Giordano
Andrea Chenier
Glinka
Ruslan and Ludmilla
Gluck
Orpheus and Eurydice
Gounod
Faust
Gounod
Romeo and Juliet
Handel
Acis and Galatea
Handel
Julius Caesar
Handel
Rodelinda
Handel
Semele
Handel
Xerxes
Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Janacek
The Cunning Little Vixen
Janacek
Jenufa
Janacek
The Makropulos Affair
Lehar
The Merry Widow
Leoncavallo
Pagliacci
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Massenet
Manon
Menotti
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Meyerbeer
L'Africaine
Moniuszko
Halka
Monterverdi
Orfeo
Mozart
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Mozart
Cosi fan tutte
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Mozart
Idomeneo
Mozart
The Magic Flute
Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov
Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Offenbach
La Belle Helene
Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld
Offenbach
The Tales of Hoffmann
Ponchielli
La Gioconda
Poulenc
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Prokoviev
The Love of Three Oranges
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi
Puccini
La Boheme
Puccini
Madam Butterfly
Puccini
Tosca
Puccini
Turandot
Purcell
Dido and Aeneas
Rossini
The Barber of Seville
Rossini
La Cenerentola
Rossini
The Italian Girl in Algiers
Rossini
William Tell
Saint-Saens
Samson and Delilah
Shostakovich
Cheryomushki
Strauss, J.
Die Fledermaus
Strauss, R.
Elektra
Strauss, R.
Salome
Strauss, R.
Der Rosenkavalier
Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress
Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky
The Queen of Spades
Tippett
The Midsummer Marriage
Verdi
Aida
Verdi
Falstaff
Verdi
Macbeth
Verdi
Otello
Verdi
Rigoletto
Verdi
La Traviata
Verdi
Il Trovatore
Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
Wagner
Gotterdammerung
Wagner
Lohengrin
Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Wagner
Parsifal
Wagner
Das Rheingold
Wagner
Siegfried
Wagner
Tannhauser
Wagner
Tristan and Isolde
Wagner
Die Walkure
Weber
Der Freischutz
Weill
The Threepenny Opera
Opera
CD
DVD
Beethoven
Fidelio
CD
DVD
Bartok
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
CD
DVD
Berg
Wozzeck
CD
DVD
Bellini
Norma
CD
DVD
Berlioz
The Trojans
CD
DVD
Bernstein
Candide
CD
DVD
Bernstein
Trouble in Tahiti
CD
DVD
Bizet
Carmen
CD
DVD
Bizet
The Pearl Fishers
CD
DVD
Borodin
Prince Igor
CD
DVD
Britten
Albert Herring
Britten
Billy Budd
Britten
Death in Venice
CD
DVD
Britten
Gloriana
Britten
A Midsummer Night's Dream
CD
DVD
Britten
Peter Grimes
Britten
The Turn of the Screw
Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur
CD
DVD
Donizetti
The Daughter of the Regiment
Donizetti
Don Pasquale
CD
DVD
Donizetti
The Elixir of Love
Donizetti
La Favorite
CD
DVD
Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
CD
DVD
Dvorak
Rusalka
CD
DVD
Gay
The Beggar's Opera
CD
DVD
Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
CD
DVD
Giordano
Andrea Chenier
CD
DVD
Glinka
Ruslan and Ludmilla
CD
DVD
Gluck
Orpheus and Eurydice
CD
DVD
Gounod
Faust
CD
DVD
Gounod
Romeo and Juliet
CD
DVD
Handel
Acis and Galatea
CD
DVD
Handel
Julius Caesar
CD
DVD
Handel
Rodelinda
CD
DVD
Handel
Semele
CD
DVD
Handel
Xerxes
CD
DVD
Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
CD
DVD
Janacek
The Cunning Little Vixen
CD
DVD
Janacek
Jenufa
CD
DVD
Janacek
The Makropulos Affair
CD
DVD
Lehar
The Merry Widow
CD
DVD
Leoncavallo
Pagliacci
CD
DVD
Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
CD
DVD
Massenet
Manon
CD
DVD
Menotti
Amahl and the Night Visitors
CD
DVD
Meyerbeer
L'Africaine
CD
DVD
Moniuszko
Halka
CD
DVD
Monterverdi
Orfeo
CD
DVD
Mozart
The Abduction from the Seraglio
CD
DVD
Mozart
Cosi fan tutte
CD
DVD
Mozart
Don Giovanni
CD
DVD
Mozart
Idomeneo
CD
DVD
Mozart
The Magic Flute
CD
DVD
Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro
CD
DVD
Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov
CD
DVD
Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor
CD
DVD
Offenbach
La Belle Helene
CD
DVD
Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld
CD
DVD
Offenbach
The Tales of Hoffmann
CD
DVD
Ponchielli
La Gioconda
CD
DVD
Poulenc
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
CD
DVD
Prokoviev
The Love of Three Oranges
CD
DVD
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi
CD
DVD
Puccini
La Boheme
CD
DVD
Puccini
Madam Butterfly
CD
DVD
Puccini
Tosca
CD
DVD
Puccini
Turandot
CD
DVD
Purcell
Dido and Aeneas
CD
DVD
Rossini
The Barber of Seville
CD
DVD
Rossini
La Cenerentola
CD
DVD
Rossini
The Italian Girl in Algiers
CD
DVD
Rossini
William Tell
CD
DVD
Saint-Saens
Samson and Delilah
CD
DVD
Shostakovich
Cheryomushki
CD
DVD
Strauss, J.
Die Fledermaus
CD
DVD
Strauss, R.
Elektra
CD
DVD
Strauss, R.
Salome
CD
DVD
Strauss, R.
Der Rosenkavalier
CD
DVD
Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress
CD
DVD
Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
CD
DVD
Tchaikovsky
The Queen of Spades
CD
DVD
Tippett
The Midsummer Marriage
CD
DVD
Verdi
Aida
CD
DVD
Verdi
Falstaff
CD
DVD
Verdi
Macbeth
CD
DVD
Verdi
Otello
CD
DVD
Verdi
Rigoletto
CD
DVD
Verdi
La Traviata
CD
DVD
Verdi
Il Trovatore
CD
DVD
Wagner
The Flying Dutchman
CD
DVD
Wagner
Gotterdammerung
CD
DVD
Wagner
Lohengrin
CD
DVD
Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
CD
DVD
Wagner
Parsifal
CD
DVD
Wagner
Das Rheingold
CD
DVD
Wagner
Siegfried
CD
DVD
Wagner
Tannhauser
CD
DVD
Wagner
Tristan and Isolde
CD
DVD
Wagner
Die Walkure
CD
DVD
Weber
Der Freischutz
CD
DVD
Weill
The Threepenny Opera
CD
DVD